Passenger-car.



W. J. MAGKLE.

PASSENGER GAR. APPLIOATION 1 11.31) MAY 11, 1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

UNITE @UIATES PATENT OFFEQE.

WILLIAM J. MACKLE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. G. BRILLCOMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIAPASSENGER-CAR.

No. 918,344. 7 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 18. 1999.

Application filed. may 11, 1908. Serial No. 432,008.

To all whom it may concern: nel c, the other portion closing theentrance Be it known that I, lViLLIAM J. MACKLE, a passageway. Thus itwill be seen that while citizen of the United States, residing at St. asingle door is used, the assagewavs are un- '55 L is, Missouri, haveinvented certain Imder the complete contro of the conductor. 5 rovementsin Passenger-Cars, of which the If the doors are used at both ends ofthe car ollowing is a specification. and it is desired to provide anexit for pas- The 0 ject of my invention is to provide a seng'ers at thefront end, then the door is passenger car with a doorway and a singlemoved into one of two positions, Figs. 1 or 3, 6O sliding door which canbe used in the type of allowing the passenger to alight from the car 10car known as the pay-asyoucntei" car, in at either side according to theregulations of which the passenger boards the car, pays his the road. L

fare While on the platform before entering the Doors or gates may beprovided at each car, and he can make his exit from either end side ofthe platform to close the sides not in 65 of the car. T his object Iattainin the followuse. These gates or doors can be of any i g er, lfcence being'had to the acl suit-able form and hung in any mannerdecompanying drawings, i1rwl1ich: sired.

Figure 1,1s a sectional plan view of one end I claim: of a carillustrating my invention and show- I. The combination in a passengerCall, of To ing the door closing the exit passageway; a body portion, aplatform, a artition sepa- Fig. 2, is a View illusiB'at-ing a iortion ofFig. ratirg the two, said partition laying a wide 1, showing the doorentirely closing the paS- (loci-way, a guard dividing the doorway so assageway; and Fig. 3, is aview similar to Fig. to form ingress and egresspassageways, a 2, showing the door closing the entrance passinglesliding door adapted to the doorway sageway. and of such a width thatwhen in the central A isthe body of the car. position it will close thedoorwav and when B is the platform and C the transverse par- 1n oneposition at one side or the other of the tition separating the platformfrom the body doorway it will close the passageway on that of the car.side of the guard. so a is the doorway, which is divided into two 2. Thecombination in a passenger car of a sections by the rail F whichseparates the bod y portion, a platform, a transverse partiegressportion 1) of the platform from the intion separating the platform fromthe body gress portion b. This rail has a permanent portion, saidpartition ha vim, a central wide section f and a swinging section fwhich can doorway and having channel at each side of 85 be thrown eitherto lock against the post E or the doorway, a wide sliding door, rail tohang down, as desired. dividing the platform in to ingress and egress Dis a single door of such a width as to exsections, said rail terminatingat or about the tend when in the mid position from one edge center ofthe doorway, the said door heiug -of the doorway c to the other, asillustrated of such a width that when in a central p'osl 90 in Fig. 2,so as to'close both the exit and the .tion it will close the doorway andwhen 40 entrance to the car. The door is adapted to moved to one side,part of the door will enter the channels cc in the artition C at eachthe channel on one side and close the ingress edge of the doorway ant itis adapted to passageway and when moved to the other travel in theordinary ways common to this side will enter the other channel and closethe 95 type of door so that it can be move leithcr egress passagmray.into the positioninwhicha' ortionof thedoor In testimony whereof, I havesigned my is in the channel 0, the ot ier portion of the name to thisspecification, in the presence oi door closing the exit from the car, asshown two subscribing witnesses. in Fig. 1, or it can be moved to acentral posi- WILLIAM MACKLE'. tlon as shown in Fig. 2, closing both theexit and the entrance passageways or it c n be Witnesses: moved to theposition hown in Fig. 6, one F. W. B. FoU'r portion of the door en eringthe other chan- MARGARET SULLIVAN.

